BE Smith to Discuss Health Optimizing Patient Flow

Aug. 20, 2012 - PRLog -- NEWS RELEASE
Triangle Healthcare Executives’ Forum, North Carolina THEF
Serving the greater Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina
Media Contact: Kyle Dorsey, President (919) 684-1021, kyle.dorsey@duke.edu


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BE Smith to Discuss Health Optimizing Patient Flow
Triangle Healthcare Executives to Host Event on Monday, August 27
           
RALEIGH, N.C. (August 20, 2012) – The Triangle Healthcare Executives’ Forum (THEF) and BE Smith are co-hosting an educational event about Patient Flow.  Our speaker is Laurie Gehrt, RN, BSN, MBA, Senior Vice President, Interim Leadership and Consulting Solutions at B.E. Smith.  Ms. Gehert is an accomplished healthcare executive, consultant and clinician with more than 15 years of experience as a business leader and provider, and over 22 years in healthcare alone.

Optimizing patient flow in your healthcare organization is crucial to your team’s efforts to deliver top-quality care in an efficient manner. But with multiple stakeholders involved in a complex process encompassing numerous stages – assessment, treatment, diagnostics, diagnosis and disposition – designing and upholding ideal patient flow can be immensely challenging. Yet, optimizing patient flow is essential to healthcare organizations’ effective delivery of services across the continuum of care.


Date:                     Monday, August 27, 2012
Time:                    5:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.(including Hors d'oeuvres)
Speaker:              Laurie Gehrt, RN, BSN, MBA
                       Senior Vice President
                       Interim Leadership and Consulting Solutions at B.E. Smith
Where:                WakeMed Cary Hospital Conference Center in Cary, North Carolina, corner of Kildare Farm and Tryon Roads.
           
Registration has already begun. Purchase your ticket online from the Eventbrite website, http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3680572692 . Space is limited and similar THEF events have sold out in the past. Registration for the event will close on Wednesday, August 22. For more information about Triangle Healthcare Executives Forum, visit the THEF website, http://thefnc.ache.org/.

About B. E. Smith:
Founded in 1978, B. E. Smith is a full-service healthcare leadership solutions firm and the top-ranked provider of senior-level leadership services including Interim Leadership, Executive Search and Consulting Solutions. Veteran healthcare leaders and regional healthcare experts partner with each client to create customized solutions. B. E. Smith’s proven methodology has resulted in the recent placement of more than 600 leaders into healthcare organizations worldwide. The firm utilizes a comprehensive sourcing strategy incorporating the latest marketing techniques, association partnerships, social networking and the largest database of skilled senior-level healthcare executives in the industry to deliver immediate results in today’s complex healthcare environment. For more information, visit www.BESmith.com or call 877-802-4593.